Improvement in washing-machines



`JOHN VBROWNj VImprovement in WashingMachines. No. 115,2761

.Patented May 30,1871.

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IMPROVEMNTIJN WASHING-MACHINES.

- Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,276, dated May 30, 1811.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BROWN, of West Manchester, in the county of Preble and State Vof: Ohio, have `invented a new and useful Improvemcnt in `VVashing-Machine; and I do hereby .declare thatl the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencefbeing had to the accompanying drawingforming part of this speciication, inwhich- Figure lis a vertical longitudinal section lof my improved machine taken through the line Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section` ofthe same taken `through the line y y,

Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail side view of a portion of the machine, part being broken away l to show the construction.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre- U sponding parts. `My invention has `for its object to furnish an improved washing-machine, simple in construction, easily and conveniently operated, and

effective in operation, washing the clothes quickly and thoroughly, and without injury; and it consists in .the construction and com- `bination of the various parts of themachine,

as hereinafter more fullyfdescribed. Ais the box or tub of the machine, the sides i and ends of which are made vertical, and the bottom of which is curved, as shown in Fig. 1. The bottomof the tub is ,made of copper .or` galvanized sheet-iron, so that a furnace, B,

may be` placed beneath it to boil the clothes while they are being washed. ,Y The furnace B is, made of heavy sheet-iron, and is securely rivetedto the bottom of the tub. The smoke and other products' of combustion are carried olf `through the pipe C. The tub A is supported upon legs D of sucha length as to raise the machine to a convenient height. E are bars` attached to the sides of the tub A and to the upper parts of the .legs D.` The ends of the bars E project beyond the ends of the tub A toserve as handlesforconvenience in moving the machine. 1 The inner sides of thebars E, toward the rear end ofthe tub A, have long `notches Yformed in `them to receive the lower to the upper ends of the standards F, or to v the cross-bars H, or to both. J are the beaters, which consist of a series of vertical bars with beveled or rounded forward edges, the

. ends of which are attached to cross-bars. The

upper ends of the end bars of the beaters are extended lupward to form arms K, or have arms attached to them. The upper ends of the arms K are pivoted to the cross-bars H. To the arms K are pivoted the outer 4ends of the short connecting-rods L, the inner ends of Awhich are pivoted to the ends of the equalarmed levers M, which are pivoted, at their middle points, to the rod N. The rod N passes through the standards F, through the upper parts of the sides of the tub A, andthrough the disks O, attached to the upper part of the sides of the tub, `and which overlap the inner sides of the cross-bars H and serve asY washers to the equal-armed levers M. The rod N, to which the4 equal-armed levers M are pivoted, and the rods that'pivot the ends of the equal-armed levers to the ends of the connect- `ing-rods L, extend across the tub, so that the connections upon theopposite sides of the tub may work together. To one of the beaters J is pivoted the lower ends of the connectingrod P,- which I prefer to make V-shaped, and

which is pivoted, at its angle, to the middle part of thelever Q. The inner end of the 1ever Q is pivoted `to the 4middle part of the cross-bar I. The outer end tof the lever Q projects, at the end of 4the'tub A, into such a position that it can be conveniently lreached and operated.

The clothes to be Washed are placed between the beaters J, and, by operating the lever Q, they may be squeezed between the two beaters, and then allowed to fall back into the water, and so on. By turning the lever Q Aback over the'other end of the tub A the beater J next ysaid lever will bey raised out of the way for convenience inputting in and taking out the clothes.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire te secure by Letters Petent- 1. r)She combination of the two pivoted beet ers J J', connection-bars L, eque1-arrned1evers M, connecting-rod l), end pivoted lever Q, with 1the machine, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The two beaters J J,pivoted at their npper ends, and arranged to move together to- Ward and from each other, for Washing clothes, substantially es herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN EROWN.

Witnesses t Heen GARNETT, J @11N MURRAY. 

